Having a central repository for consent would promote both interoperability and health equity, says Daniel Stein, president of Stewards of Change Institute.
More than 2 million people would gain healthcare coverage in 2024 if 10 states were to expand Medicaid eligibility, finds a new analysis from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve revenue cycle operations, optimize labor through administrative efficiency and lower operating costs, but it comes with the risk of cybersecurity attacks and patient data breaches, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
A handful of independent pharmacies are suing Express Scripts for allegedly signing a three-year deal with pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics to fix reimbursement rates, a violation of the Sherman Act.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General recommends Medicare develop its own source for race and ethnicity data collection in the Medicare population, says Ann Maxwell, HHS-OIG deputy inspector general for evaluations.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has agreed to acquire all North Carolina-based locations of FastMed, a company that offers telehealth, urgent and primary care, occupational health and preventive services. In all, Blue Cross NC will acquire 55 FestMed locations, with the companies saying they would work together “to fortify healthcare capacity in […]
The ability to have AI in the EHR must have the goal of incorporation into daily workflows, says Meditech COO Helen Waters.
Cash compensation for medical and surgical specialists climbed higher in 2023 and will only increase over the next several years, finds a new physician compensation report from SullivanCotter.
The Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model for Performance Year 2022 saved the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services $371.5 million and saved direct contracting entities $484.1 million, according to the agency’s first evaluation report of the model. This represents an increase from $70.4 million in savings to CMS and $46.5 million in net savings […]
Chatbots based on large language models (LLMs) are being integrated into healthcare systems, but these models may be perpetuating harmful, race-based medical beliefs that could be particularly harmful to Black patients, according to a new study published in Nature.